A BRIDE MARRIED TO THE BEST MAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3052, 6 February 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

A BRIDE MARRIED TO THE BEST MAN.

A cuiuoL'.s mistake oecured a few days ago at a wedding at the pnrish church of Brierly Hall, a Staffordshire town on the borders of the Black Country. A loving couple repaired to the ohnreh for the purpose of having the nuptial knot tied, mid apparently nil went well, the service being duly gone through without any observable hitch, and the pair were doelared man and wife. Then however a roraarkablc revelation was made to tho clergyman. As ho was leaving tho church some spectators, better acquainted with the marriage service than the principals appear to have boen, called his attention to the fact that he had married the ?prong man to the bride, and.HUrprisingas it may soou:, this was trne. The bridal party by some means had got mixed up, and the bride was actually married to the best man, and to make matters worse, tho best man happened to be the bride's sister's young man. It was clear that the only way out of the. bungle was to marry the tho brido again, and this vas done tho register not having been actually signed. Tho ceremony wus gone through a second time, and this time care was taken that the right man was wedded to the bride. Remarkable to relate, in the first ceremony the bridegroom stood behind the bride and best man,and handed tho ring to the latter while on the other hand the best man made the necessary responses. It seems that the bride herself had somo idea that the proceedings were hardlyas they should be, but she did not remonstrate. However, the affair ended happily, although it would hardly be possiole to find a more curious incident than this in the history of Marriages.